Citation:

ORISE, ORAU. 2001. “Method AP11: Sequential Determination of the Actinides in Environmental Samples Using Total Sample Dissolution and Extraction Chromatography.” Laboratory Procedures Manual for the Environmental Survey and Site Assessment Program.

Description:

Analytical Method

Purpose/Objective:  

EPA’s Selected Analytical Methods for Environmental Remediation and Recovery (SAM) lists this method for confirmatory analysis when a sample exists in a refractory form (i.e., non-digestible or dissolvable material after normal digestion methods) or if there is a matrix interference problem. In these cases, SAM recommends this method for qualitative determination and confirmatory analysis of americium-241; californium-252; curium-244; plutonium-238 and -239, uranium-234, uranium-235 or uranium-238 in drinking water, aqueous/liquid, soil/sediment, surface wipes and air filter samples.

• ORISE Method AP11: Sequential Determination of the Actinides in Environmental Samples Using Total Sample Dissolution and Extraction Chromatography (PDF)(28 pp, 985 K)